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BRIEFLY
website says the place was
established in 1953 and is
located on 40 acres. It has
cabins for rent and space for
more than 100 RVs..
Judge: Ryan Bundy
unit to serve as his
own lawyer
PORTLAND (AP) —
Federal Judge Anna J. Brown
is set to strip Oregon standoff
defendant Ryan Bundy of his
ability to represent himself in
court.
The Oregonian/
OregonLive reports the
judge wrote in an order iled
Wednesday that Bundy has
been unwilling to follow
her orders and has shown an
“open deiance” of the court’s
authority.
Brown gave Bundy until
Monday to “show cause”
why she shouldn’t reinstate
an attorney to represent him.
She wrote that by
repeatedly raising “frivolous
issues and matters” that the
court has previously ruled
on or resolved, Bundy has
engaged in “serious and
obstructionist misconduct,”
‘’abused the dignity of the
courtroom” and used his pro
se status as a “license not to
comply with relevant rules of
procedural and substantive
law.”
Bundy is one of eight
defendants charged with
conspiring to impede federal
employees at the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge.
inciweb.nwcg.gov via AP
In this photo provided by inciweb.nwcg.gov, a plane drops ire retardant near the northwest side of Owyhee
Canyon south of Vale Wednesday. The nearly 50-square-mile ire in eastern Oregon near the Idaho state line is
now threatening Succor Creek State Park.
Crews battling 35 uncontained wildires
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Thirty-ive
large, uncontained wildires were
burning Wednesday in the West, and
ireighters were making initial attacks
on another 112 new blazes to prevent
them from spreading.
Fireighters in the region mostly
faced windy, dry conditions that have
fanned lames that destroyed buildings
and forced evacuations in California,
Washington, Idaho and elsewhere.
Late last week, the National
Interagency Fire Center in Boise,
Idaho, upped what it calls the National
Preparedness Level to 4, one shy of the
highest level, as competition for limited
ireighting resources increased.
Here’s a look at the major wildires
in the West:
WASHINGTON
Favorable weather conditions helped
crews make progress Wednesday
against a series of wildires in Eastern
Washington that have burned at least
18 homes this week.
A ire burning on the Spokane
Indian Reservation was 30 percent
contained. That ire covered more than
27 square miles and had destroyed at
least 13 homes on the reservation, said
Jamie Sijohn, a spokeswoman for the
tribe.
“The devastating ire jumped the
Spokane River from Lincoln County
onto the Spokane reservation in three
separate locations,” Sijohn said.
It roared toward the town of Well-
pinit, forcing the evacuation of the
entire town on Sunday. But that order
has since been lifted, Sijohn said.
Meanwhile, a ire near the town of
Davenport in Lincoln County covered
6.5 square miles, and was 20 percent
contained.
Another ire south of Spokane, in
the Valleyford area, was 50 percent
contained. It had burned more than 10
square miles and destroyed at least ive
homes, oficials said. Mandatory evac-
uations ended on that ire on Tuesday
night.
IDAHO
A fast-moving rangeland wildire
in eastern Idaho expanded to nearly
70 square miles Wednesday, forcing
evacuations, threatening a windfarm
and burning habitat needed by sage
grouse, a federally protected bird.
The Bonneville County Sheriff’s
Ofice says evacuations are in place,
with up to 70 buildings along U.S.
Highway 26 threatened.
Oficials say the human-caused ire
reported Sunday about 7 miles east of
Idaho Falls is making wind-driven runs
to the north and east.
Oficials say high winds are again
predicted Wednesday along with low
humidity.
In central Idaho, a 160-square-mile
wildire in a remote, mountainous area
continues to defy containment and
burn through timbered slopes that are
dificult for ireighters to reach.
CALIFORNIA
Authorities say a wildire that
destroyed 45 homes on California’s
central coast was not intentionally set
but they were still trying to determine
the cause.
Cal Fire says arson has been ruled
out in the 10-day blaze that has charred
64 square miles of dry brush and
timber.
The ire was 39 percent surrounded
and at least 2,400 people were under
evacuation orders in San Luis Obispo
and Monterey counties. Additional
warnings for people to be ready to
lee were issued Wednesday and one
arm of Lake Nacimiento was closed
to boaters. Cal Fire’s Rich Eagan says
lames were more than two miles from
Hearst Castle, which remains closed
but was no longer at immediate risk.
A ire burning for a month north
of Big Sur grew again to 135 square
miles. Hundreds of homes remain
threatened by the ire in rugged wilder-
ness coast along Highway 1. The blaze
was sparked by an illegal campire. It is
60 percent contained.
MONTANA
Cooler weather has slowed
Montana’s largest wildire, though 45
homes are still evacuated and 130 more
are on alert.
The ire northeast of Thompson
Falls had burned 33 square miles as of
Wednesday morning.
Fire oficials say crews have made
progress in securing ire lines and
protecting structures. The weather was
cooperating again Wednesday.
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FRIDAY
TODAY
Pleasant with
plenty of sunshine
Sunshine
87° 52°
89° 59°
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and
breezy
Sunny and
beautiful
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
91° 59°
85° 56°
80° 53°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
91° 47°
93° 57°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
83°
85°
105° (1898)
54°
56°
32° (1904)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.07"
0.32"
7.39"
5.00"
8.31"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
89°
86°
101° (1970)
48°
56°
40° (2010)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.05"
0.15"
4.99"
3.25"
6.10"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
New
First
Sep 1
Sep 9
88° 55°
85° 58°
Seattle
88/61
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
94° 62°
Full
6:08 a.m.
7:45 p.m.
none
2:38 p.m.
Last
Sep 16
Sep 23
Today
MONDAY
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
Spokane
Wenatchee
83/58
88/63
Tacoma
Moses
89/54
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 89/55
82/47
83/59
91/52
90/55
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
90/58
88/57 Lewiston
91/49
Astoria
87/55
81/58
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
93/61
Pendleton 80/46
The Dalles 91/47
87/52
94/57
La Grande
Salem
84/47
96/58
Albany
Corvallis 95/57
96/52
John Day
86/53
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
86/52
96/52
81/46
Caldwell
Burns
84/48
82/41
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
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UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Sunny today; however,
partly sunny in the south.
Eastern Washington: Plenty of sunshine
today. Clear to partly cloudy tonight.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Pleasant
today with plenty of sun. Clear to partly
cloudy tonight.
Western Washington: Sunshine today. Clear
tonight. Sunny tomorrow.
Cascades: Plenty of sunshine today;
pleasant. Clear tonight. Plenty of sunshine
tomorrow.
Northern California: Partly sunny at the
coast today; hot in central parts. Sunny
elsewhere.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP)
— State oficials say the
sale of hunting and ishing
licenses has been suspended
due to a cybersecurity breach.
The Washington
Department of Fish and
Wildlife said Wednesday
it halted the sale of ishing
and hunting licenses while it
works with the state Ofice of
Cyber Security to investigate
a vulnerability in an outside
vendor’s license sale system.
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WORLD CITIES
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Sales of hunting,
ishing licenses
temporarily halted
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Fri.
WINDS
Medford
99/58
EUGENE (AP) — A
68-year-old man has been
sentenced to 20 years in
prison for sexually abusing
two children at a nudist resort
northeast of Eugene.
Lane County authorities
say Michael Lee Hochgreve
groped the children in a pool
at the Willamettans Family
Nudist Resort. He pleaded
guilty to irst-degree sexual
abuse and received the
maximum sentence.
The Register-Guard
reports the victims and
their parents did not attend
Wednesday’s hearing.
Hochgreve lived at the
resort for more than a year
before his arrest. The resort
REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
RICHLAND, Wash.
(AP) — The Department of
Energy has asked a federal
judge to dismiss the state’s
lawsuit seeking increased
protection for Hanford
workers against chemical
vapors.
The Tri-City Herald
reports the Justice
Department argues in a
motion iled this week that
the state is overstepping
its authority and has no
legal standing to bring the
case against the federal
government.
Washington state Attorney
General Bob Ferguson said
in a statement his ofice
strongly opposes the motion
and expects to prevail.
Approximately 57
workers at the Hanford
Nuclear Reservation have
received medical evaluations
for possible exposure to
chemical vapors this spring
and summer.
The Department of
Justice, arguing for the
Energy Department, says if
the “very small subset of the
state’s population working at
Hanford may themselves ile
suit if they believe they have
a basis to do so.”
Man sentenced for
groping children at
nudist resort
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8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016
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showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
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snow
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cold front
70s
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warm front stationary front
110s
high
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National Summary: Thunderstorms will dot Florida, the lower Mississippi Valley and the
Four Corners region today. Drenching showers and heavy thunderstorms are forecast from
northwestern Texas to northern New England.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 109° in Imperial, Calif.
Low 27° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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Miami
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Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
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Nashville
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New Orleans
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New York City
86
Oklahoma City
94
Omaha
81
Philadelphia
90
Phoenix
102
Portland, ME
86
Providence
84
Raleigh
91
Rapid City
66
Reno
87
Sacramento
90
St. Louis
91
Salt Lake City
85
San Diego
75
San Francisco
70
Seattle
88
Tucson
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Washington, DC 91
Wichita
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